Bangladesh is going to create its own social media platform called ‘Jogajog’ as an alternative to Facebook and ‘Alapon” for WhatsApp, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said on Saturday. He said this while speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of "Entrepreneurship Masterclass Series 2" organized by Women e-Commerce.“Through this(Jogajog app)  the entrepreneurs of the country will be able to create their own online marketplace and group for information, data and communication .” Also read: Telemedicine service to be launched at 16000 community hospitals: PalakPalak explained how his ministry successfully created ‘Boithok’ app as an alternative to Zoom online and ‘Surokkha App’ for vaccine registration.He said the digital e-commerce policy of 2018 aims to create 20 lakh jobs in the ICT sector by 2021.He further said that e-commerce, hardware, software and BPO sectors will be able to meet the target of more than 20 lakh jobs by 2021. Also read: 170,000 schools to be connected with high speed internet by 2030: Palak In addition, it will be possible to earn 5 billion US dollars in export revenue by 2025, the minister hoped.

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Friday said the government’s administrative work did not stop for a single day amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division inaugurated its online class activities at Dhaka Residential Model College through an online video conference on Monday.

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday said the government will install robotic labs in all high-schools of the country to enrich the students with knowledge of information technology.